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SCIENCE
卷 329, 期 5987, 页码 78-82出版社
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1187945
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- Wellcome Trust
- Cancer Research UK [11224] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [G0800784, MC_U120092689, G0800784B] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [MC_U120092689, G0800784] Funding Source: UKRI
Genome-wide active DNA demethylation in primordial germ cells (PGCs), which reprograms the epigenome for totipotency, is linked to changes in nuclear architecture, loss of histone modifications, and widespread histone replacement. Here, we show that DNA demethylation in the mouse PGCs is mechanistically linked to the appearance of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) breaks and the activation of the base excision repair (BER) pathway, as is the case in the zygote where the paternal pronucleus undergoes active DNA demethylation shortly after fertilization. Whereas BER might be triggered by deamination of a methylcytosine (5mC), cumulative evidence indicates other mechanisms in germ cells. We demonstrate that DNA repair through BER represents a core component of genome-wide DNA demethylation in vivo and provides a mechanistic link to the extensive chromatin remodeling in developing PGCs.
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